TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

MaxiPro800 · Feb 10, 2014

Alright,since I installed a Xbox adapter in my Celeron rig I thought of taking a few pics of it with my webcam.It still doesn't work though (the rig,the adapter's fine)as I said that I need to find some new RAM(hope the guy I bought the board from still has the RAM sticks

).

Adapter:

Motherboard(picture a bit unclear,still most of the board can be seen clearly):

The rig with Xbox controller next to it:

stinger608 · Feb 10, 2014

I think Tyan got completely out of the video card manufacturing.

broken pixel · Feb 10, 2014

Anyone have any Albatron mainboards or GPUs to show? Later I will post picts from a HD that has pics from 2002. Get ready for Old School Overload.

GreiverBlade · Feb 10, 2014

broken pixel said:
Get ready for Old School Overload.

not too much or my screen will have "broken pixel"

ahahah im too good ...(or not)

Maban · Feb 10, 2014

broken pixel said:
Anyone have any Albatron mainboards or GPUs to show? Later I will post picts from a HD that has pics from 2002. Get ready for Old School Overload.

How about an Alvarez?

JunkBear · Feb 11, 2014

MaxiPro800 said:
Alright,since I installed a Xbox adapter in my Celeron rig I thought of taking a few pics of it with my webcam.It still doesn't work though (the rig,the adapter's fine)as I said that I need to find some new RAM(hope the guy I bought the board from still has the RAM sticks ).

Adapter:

Motherboard(picture a bit unclear,still most of the board can be seen clearly):

The rig with Xbox controller next to it:

I don't own a Xbox so could you tell me how it works the adapter? What's used for? Thx.

Random Murderer · Feb 11, 2014

JunkBear said:
I don't own a Xbox so could you tell me how it works the adapter? What's used for? Thx.

The original Xbox's controllers were based on USB, so a lot of people would either mod the controller's cable to have a USB plug or mod the controller ports from the console into a PC, which is exactly what he's done here.
Doing this allows you to use the Xbox controller with your PC games. I have my original Halo controller set up that way

stinger608 · Feb 11, 2014

Random Murderer said:
The original Xbox's controllers were based on USB, so a lot of people would either mod the controller's cable to have a USB plug or mod the controller ports from the console into a PC, which is exactly what he's done here.
Doing this allows you to use the Xbox controller with your PC games. I have my original Halo controller set up that way

Cool. I didn't know that one. Jeez I have two original Xbox's and no power supply. The power brick took a crap about a year ago. Was wondering what to do with them. :laugh:

Random Murderer · Feb 11, 2014

stinger608 said:
Cool. I didn't know that one. Jeez I have two original Xbox's and no power supply. The power brick took a crap about a year ago. Was wondering what to do with them.

Yeah, it's pretty neat. I play 2-4 player on emulators with friends like that. It doesn't get picked up as a 360 controller in titles that support them, so you have to map the keys yourself, and some games that say they support controllers just outright refuse to work with them (CoD titles are the only ones off the top of my head that do this).
The only PITA about it is the software, XBCD. No problems at all on XP. Not sure if it's 8 compatible. On 7, you have to force the system into Test Mode and allow unsigned drivers, and not just for installation.
I think M$ did this to sell more 360 controllers, as they are simply plug and play.

GreiverBlade · Feb 11, 2014

stinger608 said:
Cool. I didn't know that one. Jeez I have two original Xbox's and no power supply. The power brick took a crap about a year ago. Was wondering what to do with them.

pardon me sire ... but the original Xbox had no powerbrick .... but a 2 phase plug with a integrated PSU in the bulky shape of the honorable and valorous lady (wait what? Awkward?)

stinger608 · Feb 11, 2014

GreiverBlade said:
pardon me sire ... but the original Xbox had no powerbrick .... but a 2 phase plug with a integrated PSU in the bulky shape of the honorable and valorous lady (wait what? Awkward?)

still basically a power brick. LOL. At any rate, the one that I had took a crap on me.

GreiverBlade · Feb 11, 2014

stinger608 said:
still basically a power brick. LOL. At any rate, the one that I had took a crap on me.

oh you mean the internal PSU ... because for me a external transfo is a "power brick" and nothing other

different user different understanding and interpretation .... wonderful world we live in :clap:

stinger608 · Feb 11, 2014

No, its the one that plugs into the wall. Has somewhat of a power brick, on it. Kind of like the ones for laptops.

GreiverBlade · Feb 12, 2014

stinger608 said:
No, its the one that plugs into the wall. Has somewhat of a power brick, on it. Kind of like the ones for laptops.

oohhh well ok not for the swiss model (euro too i assume )

TRWOV · Feb 12, 2014

It's not a power brick but a surge protector:

It was issued after MS was hit with a lawsuit in which supposedly an Xbox power cord caught fire: http://www.dailytech.com/Xbox Killed Baby Lawsuit Claims/article7443.htm

You can use any standard 125v 2A bipolar cord.

stinger608 · Feb 12, 2014

TRWOV said:
It's not a power brick but a surge protector:

It was issued after MS was hit with a lawsuit in which supposedly an Xbox power cord caught fire: http://www.dailytech.com/Xbox Killed Baby Lawsuit Claims/article7443.htm

You can use any standard 125v 2A bipolar cord.

Shit, your right bro!!! Didn't even think of that.

So I guess that is my problem, is the surge protector has taken a big dump on me.
Are they still available? Other than Fleabay.

Random Murderer · Feb 12, 2014

stinger608 said:
Shit, your right bro!!! Didn't even think of that.

So I guess that is my problem, is the surge protector has taken a big dump on me.
Are they still available? Other than Fleabay.

You don't need it:

TRWOV said:
You can use any standard 125v 2A bipolar cord.

I've even used a polarized cord and rounded the square side of the end that plugs into the device.

Jetster · Feb 12, 2014

Okay, enough of the chit chat. Time to work on some photography. This MB went threw the dishwasher yesterday. Give it a week and Ill fire it up

TRWOV · Feb 12, 2014

Weird, one of my iRAMs didn't work

It was working fine before (as in 2 years ago). Thankfully I had an spare...mmm... that new electronics smell. NGGGNHHHHH :rockout:

It seems that it isn't initializing properly since even after taking out the battery the FAULT led doesn't lit up. Also the battery indicator doesn't light up either... I don't know if Gigabyte would be willing to help me :banghead:

There's a JP1 on the board but if it had to guess is for some sort of debug interface.

It's not the battery either, I took the battery from the working iRAM and it didn't work anyway. This is going to be a tough test for Gigabyte's support.

Another snag, the XP setup couldn't format the RAID as NTFS, had to use FAT32. Is there a minimum size for an NTFS boot partition? :confused:

stinger608 · Feb 12, 2014

Maybe it isn't XP at all. It might be the iRam cards not allowing the NTFS format. I know some memory cards are that way. I don't recall a minimum partition size for a RAID or NTFS.

TRWOV · Feb 12, 2014

I used to have them installed on my Conroe865PE board through a SiL PCI controller and both were formatted in NTFS just not as boot

MaxiPro800 · Feb 12, 2014

Random Murderer said:
The original Xbox's controllers were based on USB, so a lot of people would either mod the controller's cable to have a USB plug or mod the controller ports from the console into a PC, which is exactly what he's done here.
Doing this allows you to use the Xbox controller with your PC games. I have my original Halo controller set up that way

Right.
Wish the Xbox controller had a C and Z button on them,as MUGEN uses A,B,C,X,Y,Z for the layout.Oh well,I'll use the black and white buttons for C and Z.

Jetster · Feb 12, 2014

Antec Smartpower SP-350. Very well built

PolRoger · Feb 12, 2014

Some older hardware from the storage shelf...

stinger608 · Feb 12, 2014

Wow Pol!!! Some very awesome old hardware man!!!

I added you to the original post bro!!! :respect:

System Name	Star Platinum
Processor	Intel Core i5-3470 3.20GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B75M-D3H
Cooling	EKL
Memory	16GB DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX650 1GB GDDR5
Storage	2x Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB SATA II
Display(s)	Samsung 32 inch
Case	Delux MG760
Audio Device(s)	Realtek High Definition Audio + X-Fi XtremeGamer SB0730
Power Supply	FSP Bluestorm II 500W
Mouse	Marvo KM400 Mouse
Keyboard	Marvo KM400 keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 1809

System Name	Dean Machine/2020 Ryzenfall
Processor	Intel 4790K/AMD Ryzen 3700X
Motherboard	MSI 1150 Gaming mATX/Gigabyte AORUS ELITE B550
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED/SilverStone AH240 AIO
Memory	16 gigs Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer/16 gigs G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 1660 Super/Gigabyte GTX 1660
Storage	Crucial SSD 256 and 2TB spinner/Dual Samsung 980 Pro M2 NVME 4.0
Display(s)	Overlord 27" 2560 x 1440
Case	Corsair Air 540
Audio Device(s)	On board
Power Supply	Seasonic modular 850 watt Platinum/EVGA T2-850 Titanium
Software	Windows 10 Pro/Windows 10 Pro

System Name	X99
Processor	5930K @ 4.7GHz @ 1.323v
Motherboard	Rampage V Edition 10
Cooling	EK
Memory	Dominator Platinum 32GB
Video Card(s)	2x Gigabyte xtreme gaming 980ti
Storage	Samsung 950 Pro M.2, 850 Pro & WD320
Display(s)	Tempest X270OC @100Hz
Case	Thermaltake Core P5
Audio Device(s)	On-board
Power Supply	120-G2-1600-X1
Mouse	Mamba 2012
Keyboard	K70
Software	Win10
Benchmark Scores	http://www.3dmark.com/fs/6823139

System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600mhz DDR4/8gb DDR3 1600/2gb LPDDR3/8gb LPDDR5x 4200/16gb LPDDR5
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/RDNA3 768 core
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/2tb SN770M
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon
Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Edifier STAX Spirit S3 & SamsungxAKG beans
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

System Name	HTPC
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3.00/6M/1333
Motherboard	AsRock G31M-GS R2.0
Cooling	CoolerMaster Vortex 752 - Black
Memory	4 Go (2x2) Kingston ValueRam DDR2-800
Video Card(s)	Asus EN8600GT/HTDP/512M
Storage	WD 3200AAKS
Display(s)	32" Irico E320GV-FHD
Case	Aerocool Qx-2000
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Enermax NoiseTaker 2 - 465w
Mouse	Logitech Wave MK550 combo (M510)
Keyboard	Logitech Wave MK550 combo (K350)
Software	Win_7_Pro-French
Benchmark Scores	Windows index : 6.5 / 6.5 / 5.6 / 6.3 / 5.9

TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

MaxiPro800

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Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

GreiverBlade

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

GreiverBlade

stinger608

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GreiverBlade

TRWOV

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

Jetster

TRWOV

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TRWOV

MaxiPro800

Jetster

PolRoger

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

System Name	TOO MUCH RADIATOR! \| The TV Box a.k.a. The Shoebox
Processor	Core i7 4930K @ 4.5GHz \| Core i5 6600K @ 4.5GHz
Motherboard	Asus X79 Rampage IV Extreme \| Asus Z170i Pro Gaming
Cooling	Custom water on CPU and GPU, dual 360mm radiators \| Corsair H80i
Memory	4x 8GB G.Skill TridentX DDR3-1600 \| 2x 4GB G.Skill RipJaws 4 DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire AMD R9 295x2 \| PowerColor AMD HD7970
Storage	Samsung SSD 830 256GB, various others \| 2x 1TB Seagate Barracudas in RAID1
Display(s)	Dell U2713HM 2560x1440 IPS \| Panasonic TC-L32E5 1080p IPS TV
Case	Thermaltake Suppressor F51 (stripped down to hold two radiators) \| Cooler Master Elite 130
Audio Device(s)	RM-DAC -> Xiang Sheng 708b -> Sennheiser HD650 \| HDMI sound device on 7970
Power Supply	LEPA G1600-MA 1600W \| Corsair CX750M 750W
Software	Win 10 64
Benchmark Scores	over 9000 BungholioMarks, "Bitchin' Fast"

System Name	Dell-y Driver
Processor	Core i5-10400
Motherboard	Asrock H410M-HVS
Cooling	Intel 95w stock cooler
Memory	2x8 A-DATA 2999Mhz DDR4
Video Card(s)	UHD 630
Storage	1TB WD Green M.2 - 4TB Seagate Barracuda
Display(s)	Asus PA248 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Dell Vostro 270S case
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Dell 220w
Software	Windows 10 64bit

System Name	Juliette // HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard	Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Daily/SFF
Processor	Ryzen 5900X in ECO-mode.
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix X570-I Gaming
Cooling	Noctua NH-U9B SE2
Memory	GSKILL Flare X F4-3200C14D-16GFX
Video Card(s)	ZOTAC 1660Ti AMP
Storage	WD Black SN750 500GB NVMe SSD
Display(s)	SAMSUNG 24" SD590 Series
Case	NCASE M1
Audio Device(s)	On-board
Power Supply	CORSAIR SF750
Mouse	Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0
Keyboard	KB Paradise V80 Olivette TKL
Software	W10